| Battle of Little Dry Creek | |||||||
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| Part of the Apache Wars | |||||||
 "A Dash for the Timber" by Frederic Remington depicting American cavalry fighting Apaches. | |||||||
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| Belligerents | |||||||
 United States | Apache | ||||||
| Commanders and leaders | |||||||
| Samuel W. Fountain | Josanie | ||||||
| Strength | |||||||
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20 cavalry 10 native scouts | 10 warriors | ||||||
| Casualties and losses | |||||||
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5 killed 2 wounded | None | ||||||
The Battle of Little Dry Creek was a skirmish during Geronimo's War. Chiricahua Apache warriors were raiding in the Arizona and New Mexico border area when they ambushed a larger force of United States Army troops and Navajo Scouts near Pleasanton.[1]
- ^ Michno pg. 348